Grandma Goes to Jail in Illegal Voting Sweep
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. We are finally bringing the scourge of illegal noncitizen voting under control: A 66-year-old woman from North Carolina was sentenced to two months in prison this week for encouraging her boyfriend to vote and helping him fill out his voter registration form, even though he…
Shocking Video Shows Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Calling a Black Man “Boy” and Grabbing Him by the Neck
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A sheriff’s deputy in Florida was recently put under investigation following the review of disturbing body-cam footage. The video shows the officer approaching a black man, Allen Floyd, who was seated quietly on the sidewalk with a baby, and then aggressively calling him “boy” before…
Beto O’Rourke Plans Counter-Rally Just a Few Blocks From Where Trump Will Speak in El Paso
Kathy Willens/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, President Donald Trump will hold his first rally of the year in Texas at the El Paso County Coliseum, just a few blocks from the US-Mexican border. But it turns out he’ll have some competition. Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, now weighing a Democratic…
Growth in Prescription Drug Spending Since 1961
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few days ago I posted a chart showing the annual growth rate of spending on prescription drugs. However, it only went back to 2001 because I couldn’t find annual data going farther back than that and didn’t have time to a serious search. This…
“We Are Here to Say, ‘Enough Is Enough’”: Elizabeth Warren Formally Launches Bid for President
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks in Lawrence, Massachusetts, SaturdayScreenshot of Facebook Live video Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) formally announced her run for president on Saturday at a rally in the former mill town of Lawrence, Massachusetts—the setting for one of the country’s most famous labor strikes…
House Climate Panel Democrats Got Nearly $200,000 in Fossil Fuel Industry Donations
“That’s $200,000 of potential conflict of interest on an issue of grave concern,” said David Turnbull, a spokesman for the coalition of groups that oversee the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge. “If you’re going to be talking about the critical issue of climate change, you need to rid yourself of the influence of the fossil…